a thought

[johncomic]

What if there are things that the human mind isn't capable of comprehending?

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[chiabrit.livejournal.com]

We would be ignorant of them as we would be lacking the comprehension to be able to quantify them in the first place to question them ;)

[jkcarrier.livejournal.com]

The human race has come up with all kinds of tools to extend our physical capabilities. And computers allow us to process data in larger amounts. Could we ever invent a machine that would expand our comprehension as well? I wouldn't put it past us. But I sure wouldn't want to be the beta tester... ;-)

[ginsu.livejournal.com]

What if there are things that the human mind isn't capable of comprehending?


Besides Republican dogma, you mean?

I am sure there are such things. We can describe them abstractly without comprehending them, though.

For instance, "the Universe is fourteen billion years old" is an abstract description of an idea that in no way conveys real comprehension of the idea.

In related news, here's something I found myself pondering recently...

If life on Earth has evolved from single-celled organisms to... us... in a mere half-billion years, couldn't this sort of thing have happened before, given the Earth's four-billion-year span?

And if it had, would there be any sort of trace, given radical climate change including the freezing of nearly the entire surface, multiple impact events, mass volcanic activity, chemical decay, etc?